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- 1 The Winds of Change in Great Ming, 1449 风起大明1449 Zhu Yingtian, a top student at a renowned university of political science and law in 2021, got drunk at a class reunion shortly before graduation. For some reason, when he woke up, he had arrived in the Ming Dynasty, more than five hundred years in the past. He had transmigrated and become Zhu Qiyu, a historical figure. Returning to the year 1449, he took charge from the start of the Ming Dynasty, reeling from its crushing defeat at Tumu Fortress. Watch as he turns the tide, defies fate, and bui 562Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 2 Ming Dynasty, Your Loving Father Has Arrived 大明，你的慈父来了 The Great Ming has fallen! But I have arrived. Will the Great Ming still fall? Can I save this Han dynasty teetering on the brink of collapse? The Qing army has entered the pass, while soldiers and bandits ravage the land. Confronted with this desperate situation, Zhu Youjun, who transmigrated here, chooses a path fraught with hardship: restoring the Ming! Why should a man not carry a Wu hook sword, and reclaim the fifty prefectures beyond the passes! 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Twelve Hours to Seize the Gate 夺门十二时辰 In 1457, Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Emperor Jingtai, lay gravely ill. Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen, and others secretly plotted the Coup of the Palace Gate, hoping to restore the former emperor Zhu Qizhen to the throne. Five days before the coup, a modern soul transmigrated into the body of the Jingtai Emperor, Zhu Qiyu, and awoke with memories of the history books. Faced with a failing body, a fractious court, and palace intrigues swirling beneath the surface, he had only 120 shichen to turn the t 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Great Ming: Enlisting from the Start to Reach the Dynasty's Peak 大明：开局从军，巅峰大明 [No System, rigorous logic, power struggles and mind games, meticulous, emperors, faithful to historical events] At the end of the Yuan dynasty, I never expected to transmigrate into such a chaotic age. I joined forces with Zhu Yuanzhang, studied under Liu Bowen, and fought alongside heroes and champions to win the realm. We crushed Chen Youliang in the east, Zhang Shicheng in the south, and the Mongol Yuan in the north. With the realm finally at peace, Zhu Yuanzhang asked me to draw up a pl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Ming Eunuch: The Return of the Jingtai Emperor 明宦之景泰重临 In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, amid the blood and flames of the Coup at the Gate, the imprisoned Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu died full of bitterness. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the second year of the Xuande era (1427), the day he was born outside the palace as an “imperial grandson.” His soul belonged to an emperor who had endured humiliation and betrayal and watched an empire fall, but his body was that of an infant who had not even been entered into the imperi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Clear and Bright 澈明 Transported into the late Ming dynasty, with hellish circumstances from the start. No System, no harem, just the soul of a modern wage slave and a profound unwillingness to accept the dynasty’s doomed ending. Keeping a low profile among the common folk, biding my time in the ranks, and advancing one careful step at a time. With the knowledge I’ve gained across four centuries, I will raise a new sun that never sets over a fallen China! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Great Ming: With Generals by the Thousands, How Dare the Qing Invade the South? 大明：猛将如云，清军竟敢南下？ He graduated from the fifth class of the Whampoa Military Academy and died in battle in Nanjing. His soul transmigrated into the legitimate son of the Chongzhen Emperor, Prince Ding, Zhu Cijiong. Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhai Pass, and the Manchus entered the Central Plains! The world was in turmoil, and the Ming dynasty stood on the brink of collapse. The common people suffered terribly, and the Han people were slaughtered. When a dynasty falls, it 1.5kReads7.5Score11414d adds
- 8 Great Ming: I Really Don't Want to Transmigrate 大明：我真不想当穿越啊 Wang Lingshan transmigrates only to arrive at Zhu Yuanzhang's morning court. To survive, he tells a lie. As a result, that lie turns him into a god in the Great Ming. “I really didn't want to transmigrate!!!” 29Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 9 Prince Fu of the Great Ming: I Went on a Rampage Before Li Zicheng Even Arrived 大明福王：李自成还没来我杀疯了 [Late Ming Dynasty + political intrigue + no System + decisive and ruthless + hard-core survival + power fantasy] Transmigrated into the Prince of Fu, Zhu Changxun, in the ninth year of Chongzhen, starting out at 360 jin, needing four men to carry him when he walked, and wheezing like a bellows. Even worse, the history books say that in five years, Li Zicheng will take Luoyang and boil me together with a sika deer, in what they’ll call the “Fortune and Prosperity Banquet”! Inside, the household 5kReads7.6Score44414d adds
- 10 Rebuilding the Great Ming: From Rebellion to Ruling the World! 重铸大明：从造反开始君临天下！ [Late Ming] + [Zhu Cilang] + [System] + [Rebellion] + [Multiple Storylines] Zhu Cilang transmigrates and becomes the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with only a year left before the dynasty falls. The first mission from the System: seize the throne or the power to act as regent. After thinking it over, he decides to bring troops and have a serious talk with his father on New Year's Eve. Zhu Cilang: "Father, after making such a mess of the Great Ming, don't you think it's time to abd 11.9kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 11 The Tavern Owner Turns Out to Be the Empress's Bedmate? 酒馆小老板，竟是女帝的枕边人？ “The kingdom is yours. You, however, are mine!” In a shabby alley late at night, I bandage the wounds of a stunning princess on the brink of death with one hand, while holding the future of her imperial power in the other. Looking into her eyes, full of shock and humiliation but now ablaze with boundless ambition, I smile. From this moment on, the future empress who will rule the world can only be my woman, Shen Ran’s! Transmigrated into the body of a low-status merchant, cast-off heir to his fa 369Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 12 I Returned to the End of the Ming Dynasty to Become Emperor 回到明末当皇帝 Reborn, why give up on treatment and devote yourself to evil? Can your grand ambition succeed after three trips to hell? The late Ming takes a stunning turn, and a single pocket brings boundless hope. A despicable man is reborn in the late Ming. The rise of the Qing is thrown into chaos by a violent troublemaker, and the sun and moon shine forever over the Ming. After scheming at every turn and taking countless lives, he finally understands the righteous way of human society, its cardinal relati 166Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 13 The Rise and Fall of the Great Ming 大明之风起云涌 Like a sudden clap of thunder, Ye Zichen is unexpectedly reborn at the end of the Ming Dynasty. My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s. Since I’ve been reborn into these troubled times, I’m going to live well and enjoy the ride. The Ming Dynasty is now ravaged by plague and natural disasters, its government rotten to the core. Outside, the Jurchen cavalry of Jianzhou are sharpening their blades; inside, rebel armies spring up everywhere, killing officials and rising in revolt. Emperor Chongzhen 858Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 14 Surviving the Late Ming: My Rebellion Plays Dirty 明末求生：我的造反不讲武德 After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, Chen Nuo became a hereditary company commander, only to discover that the military settlement was already strewn with the corpses of the starved. By the third day, he was nearly starving to death himself. When his deputy provoked and harassed him, he knocked him into submission with one punch. “In troubled times, might makes right!” As Chongzhen hanged himself at Coal Hill, Li Zicheng’s forces pillaged and slaughtered, and the Qing army marche 68Reads6.7Score11314d adds
- 15 Great Song: Who'd Still Be a Spendthrift Heir After Transmigrating? 大宋：都穿越了谁还当败家世子啊 [Northern Song Dynasty] [Spendthrift System] [Misunderstandings] [Daddy’s Girl] “Oh no! Father’s brain illness is acting up again! He says he’s going to sit the imperial examinations and become the top scholar!” I’d just transmigrated into the body of the Prince of Yan’s heir in the Northern Song Dynasty. I wanted to rally everyone to save the realm, but my four-year-old daughter reported me, and I nearly got turned into a genuine imbecile when the imperial physician stuck me with eighty-one sil 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn at the End of the Ming Dynasty: First, Save the Nine Thousand Years 重生明末，开局先救九千岁 After transmigrating as the Chongzhen Emperor, he saves the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old from the start. Seizing the wealth is better than seizing the family. The eunuch faction is the emperor's faction. Government orders don't reach beyond the imperial city? No problem, I'll replace the officials! The Ministry of Revenue can't raise money? No problem, I'll replace them! The Beijing garrison can't fight? No problem, I'll replace them! ...No problem, I'll replace them! Starting with the people in power —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Great Deceiver of the Late Ming Builds the Huaxia Empire 明末大忽悠，建立华夏帝国 [Alternate History] + [Transmigration] + [No System] + [War] Good news! He transmigrated after dying and became a young man in the Ming Dynasty! Bad news! This is the chaotic final years of the Ming, and he lives in Li Zicheng’s hometown, where Zhang Xianzhong’s rebellion began. Wang Yi, newly arrived in this world, seeks to carve out a way to survive amid the chaos, pacify the realm, create an age of prosperity, and ensure that the splendid civilization of China endures... 727Reads7.2Score10414d adds
- 18 The Iron-Blooded Tianqi Emperor: The Ming Dynasty Will Never Fall 铁血天启帝：大明江山永不落 After transmigrating into Zhu Youxiao, the bloodshed at Sarhu had barely dried. The Donglin faction wagged their tongues, the Wanli Emperor was on his deathbed, and the Taichang Emperor was lost in sensual pleasures. The Great Ming stood on the brink of ruin. Execute corrupt officials, end factional strife, pacify the Jianzhou Jurchens, lift the maritime bans, and crush all opposition. He used Wei Zhongxian to confiscate eighteen million taels and put them toward military expenses. The eunuch fa 1.6kReads7.4Score10114d adds
- 19 1577: Wanli Becomes a Wise Ruler Thanks to Me 1577，万历靠我成明君 [Transmigration + Ming Dynasty + court intrigue + civil and military examinations + unification] Zhou Huai'an has transmigrated! He discovers that he's only five years younger than the Wanli Emperor! Zhang Juzheng is still alive! The Single Whip Law is being implemented! They say the Ming Dynasty's downfall began in the Wanli era! How could he possibly live an unremarkable life in this dynasty? With his background, changing his fate against the odds means taking the imperial examinations! With t 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Founding God of War of the Ming Dynasty: Xu Da 大明开国战神：徐达 Xu Da, the Ming Dynasty’s foremost founding general, Zhu Yuanzhang’s top commander, and the man who laid the foundations for the vast Ming Empire, fought countless battles and never suffered a defeat. Steady and wise, he wielded his forces like a master and excelled at directing campaigns and commanding vast armies in decisive battles. At Lake Poyang, he helped Zhu Yuanzhang crush Chen Youliang’s million-strong army and pacify the south. He then led the northern campaign, capturing the Yuan capi 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Ming Dynasty Tutor: The Answers My Director and I Found in Troubled Times 大明辅导员：我和主任的乱世答卷 Setting: Mizhi, in the fourth year of the Chongzhen reign at the end of the Ming dynasty. Both the male and female leads transmigrate. No harem or womanizing; the heroine is no mere ornament, and the romance develops naturally. There is no System, and the golden finger is restrained. The protagonist struggles at every step. The story has over a hundred chapters so far: the protagonists have just broken out of Mizhi County, defeated Buzhan Ni, and become a local power entrenched around Mizhi, Jia 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Mountain Combined Arms Battalion: Great Ming Reborn 山地合成营之大明重生 A mountain combat battalion is transported back to the Ming dynasty for a second time. They capture Zuo Liangyu, take Zhang Xianzhong alive, save the Chongzhen Emperor, capture the Prince of Chuang, execute traitors, and capture Dorgon. They pacify the Northeast, take the peninsula and the North, promote industry and commerce on a grand scale, and bring order to the Central Plains. They provide relief through labor, build waterways and roads, carry out land reform in Jiangnan, drive Li’s forces 69Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 23 Late Ming: Five Potatoes from the Start, and the Crown Prince Wants to Flee 明末：开局五土豆，太子要跑路 Overworked office drone Zhu Ming transmigrates into Zhu Cilang, the Ming Dynasty crown prince. The good news: He’s the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, with a lofty status. The bad news: His father is the Chongzhen Emperor, and the capital will fall in just ten days. Other transmigrators: fighter jets, artillery, and mechanized infantry. Crown Prince Zhu: five potatoes. Fine, better make a run for it first. From Beijing to Dengzhou and Laizhou, from five potatoes to a yield of three thous 2.3kReads—Score20614d adds
- 24 Great Ming: The Crown Prince Goes on a Rampage 大明：暴走皇太子 After transmigrating into the body of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang in the tenth year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he has only seven years left before he kicks the bucket. What’s he supposed to do? Asking online, and it’s pretty urgent. How urgent? People’s lives are at stake! What else can he do? He can only go on a rampage!! 250Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Awakening on Coal Hill: Zhu Yuanzhang's Soul Transmigrates into Chongzhen 煤山觉醒：朱元璋魂穿崇祯 Beneath the crooked-neck tree on Coal Hill, the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself. The next second, the man who opened his eyes on the dragon throne was the iron-fisted king who had risen from a beggar in Haozhou to become the Hongwu Emperor! The rebel army was at the gates, the court was full of spineless lackeys, the warlords sat on their armies and watched, and the Manchus eyed Liaodong hungrily. Zhu Yuanzhang sneered. “I’ve spent my whole life fighting wars. Should I be afraid of this bunch o 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Chongzhen Has Three Days Left Before He Hangs Himself, and All I Can Do Is Read People 崇祯还有三天上吊，而我只会看人 He spent eight years tightening screws on an assembly line, then dropped dead at his station. When he opened his eyes again, a gazette lay spread across the table, dated the sixteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. Three days later, Li Zicheng would breach Beijing. Seven days later, the Chongzhen Emperor would hang himself on Coal Hill. And his new identity was Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong’s son, a Fujianese provincial graduate in the capital to sit the metropolitan exa 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn in the Great Ming: Hongwu's First Uncle by Marriage 魂穿大明：洪武第一国舅爷 [Full of Gags] [Transmigration] [Farming] Ma Xiuying: Our Ma family has a long tradition of poetry and scholarship! Emperor Zhu: Ah! Exactly, exactly! Ma Xiuying: My younger brother is a once-in-a-generation genius! Emperor Zhu: Ah! Exactly, exactly! (Go on, keep bragging. He's a coward.) Ma Xiuying: Zhu Chongba, we've been married for over twenty years. You think I can't tell you don't believe me? Zhu Chongba: (っ °Д °;)っ My dear, I don't. Just hear me out. Ma Chaoqun, surrounded by women on bot 26.3kReads6.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 28 The Ming Dynasty's Beloved Grandson: No Need for the Jingnan Campaign 大明好圣孙，不用靖难了 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No System + Heartwarming + Comedy] From the start, he transmigrates as Zhu Gaochi, heir to the Prince of Yan. He's only eight years old. He'd planned to lie flat and become emperor, but who could have guessed that his heaven-defying luck would turn him into the Ming Dynasty's lucky charm! While accompanying the Prince of Yan on the northern campaign, the army runs short of water. He stamps his foot, and a water source appears. The Prince of Yan is fretting over a lack 533Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 29 The Ming Dynasty’s Greatest Warrior 大明第一武夫 Zhu Yunfei, once the greatest mercenary of his generation, is unexpectedly reborn in the late Ming Dynasty. He becomes a soldier on the Liaodong front, fighting at the Battle of Songjin. Watch as he turns the tide, sweeps away the Jurchen invaders, crushes the rebel bands, and claims an empire and its beauties. 2.8kReads8.5Score23814d adds
- 30 Biding My Time in the Late Ming: Lying Flat Makes Me Invincible 苟在明末，躺平即无敌 The late Ming is in chaos. Bones stretch for miles, and the dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Ambitious warlords fight for their lives everywhere, and everyone is struggling to survive. But the System keeps me, a transmigrator among the refugees, on a tight leash: No striving, no raising an army, no standing out. I’m only allowed to lie flat and slack off. The more I keep my head down, the stronger I get. The lazier I am, the more invincible I become. While the world risks everything to save 420Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 31 The Splendor of the Jiajing Era 嘉靖风华时 He enters the capital, ascends the throne, and takes power over all under heaven. He battles powerful ministers, breaks up factional struggles, reforms officialdom, boosts farming and commerce, strengthens border defenses, and pacifies the Japanese threat. He roots out a century of entrenched abuses and recruits talented people from across the realm. With the strategic vision of another world, he governs the four seas; with decisive force, he brings peace to the Nine Provinces. He reverses the M 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The English Prince and the Ming Empire: A History of Colonial Expansion 英皇子与明帝国：殖民开拓史 [Global colonization + changing history] [Political intrigue] [Passionate] [Struggle for supremacy] [Blood and iron] [No System] A modern man with a background in science and engineering transmigrates and opens his eyes to find himself a British prince, in control of two major colonial estates in North America, yet his heart aches for the declining Ming Dynasty! In the waning years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, factional strife plagues the court, the Later Jin watches from the shadows, and Japan 41Reads—Score214d adds
- 33 Chongzhen: Building the World's Strongest Nation 崇祯：打造全球第一强国 Wang Xiaowei, a Peking University scholar with two postdoctoral degrees, wakes up as Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian. Facing a nightmarish situation from the start, he laughs. Internal strife and foreign threats? Just a list of bugs to fix! Corrupt officials? Watch me write an “Anti-Corruption Scan Program”! A rotten army? Quantify new recruits' training with KPIs, and tie their pay directly to performance! The civil officials tremble as they hold their “Job Responsibility Agreements.” “Your Majes 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Tang Dynasty's Mandate: From Empress Wu's Adopted Son to Emperor 唐祚：从武后养子到大唐帝王 [Just got a rating, should it go up?] I transmigrated as Li Zhi’s youngest illegitimate son and was registered under Wu Zetian’s name. Others: A certain death trap. Me: The road to the throne. Win over Empress Wu, keep my father secure, suppress the princes, and seize power. I don’t fight or scramble for it, and the throne comes to me on its own. Wu Zetian: This child can inherit my Great Tang. Me: Thank you, Mother Empress. Then I won’t hold back. A prince from the start, an emperor in the end. 7.5kReads6.8Score38014d adds
- 35 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I’m Back, and This Is No Joke! 崇祯十七年：朕回来不是搞笑的！ After transmigrating to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, he finds bandits rising on all sides, the Tartars eyeing the border passes, corrupt officials running rampant at court, and the Ming dynasty teetering in the storm. He wakes to find that Zhu Youjian has turned the tide of despair. In his previous life, he worked tirelessly as a diligent ruler, only to see his country fall and himself die. This time, he has finally let go of that burden and refuses to repeat the same tragic path! 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 I Guard the Northern Frontier for the Ming Dynasty 我替大明镇守北疆 In the early years of the Chongzhen era, after Wei Zhongxian falls, large numbers of officials are purged, and peasant uprisings begin to erupt. The Jisi Incident of the tenth month in the second year of Chongzhen accelerates the spread of the uprisings, ushering in twenty years of peasant warfare at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Can Lu Zheng use his advantages to change the Ming Dynasty's fate, or will he replace it himself? 1.9kReads8.1Score10814d adds
- 37 Shining Across the Globe: The Imperial Legend of Zhu Youxiao 明耀全球：朱由校的帝国传奇 “I am the Son of Heaven. It is only right that I lay the unshakable foundations of the Ming for all eternity!” Zhu Youxiao stood in the great hall of the Forbidden City, his gaze steadfast and profound. The Ming dynasty, an empire on which the sun would never set, was rising. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Ming History Professor Transmigrates: I Am the Chongzhen Emperor 明史教授穿越之我是崇祯帝 When a professor of Ming history transmigrates back to the late Ming dynasty, can a young emperor turn the tide when all seems lost, save a collapsing empire, and extend the Ming dynasty’s life by 200 years? Faced with foreign invasions, political infighting, a financial collapse, natural disasters, and man-made calamities, what skills and strategies will he bring to this catastrophic start? Let’s wait and see. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Tyrant Chongzhen: Extending the Ming Dynasty's Fate by 300 Years 暴君崇祯，续运大明三百年 He opens his eyes to the sixteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign! Three days until Li Zicheng breaches the city, and seventy-two hours until Chongzhen hangs himself on Coal Hill! A modern man transmigrates into Zhu Youjian. Looking at the officials throughout the court, all ready to surrender, he draws the Son of Heaven's sword: "Want to surrender? First ask whether my blade agrees!" Day One: Bloodily purge Qianqing Palace, hang the chief minister, execu 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Unifying the Six Kingdoms in One Lifetime: A Master Plan for the World 一世统六国：计定天下 Modern-day PhD Liu Jiang dies in an accidental lab explosion and wakes up in the body of Ying Qu Liang, Duke Xiao of Qin! Qin is weak, and its reforms have yet to begin. He recruits Shang Yang and Sun Bin as his right-hand men, uses a lunar eclipse to establish his authority, smelts refined steel, builds counterweighted catapults, and forms a new army that communicates with signal flags. He first repels the raids by the Yiqu, then ambushes Pang Juan’s vanguard, captures the three cities of Shaol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Ancestral Dragon Comes to the Ming Dynasty 祖龙临明 The Core Personality of Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng: Grand ambition and absolute control: He was the ultimate practitioner of China's ideal of unification, with a vision that reached beyond his era. He could not tolerate division or weakness, seeking absolute order through “one written script and uniform axle widths.” Suspicious, harsh, and quick to kill: Having grown up amid court intrigue in the state of Zhao, he had an extreme lack of personal security. He had zero tolerance for betrayal and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Zhu Cilang: My Southern Ming Will Not Retreat into a Corner 朱慈烺，朕的南明不偏安 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, slow burn, proceed with caution!] + [Purely intellectual] + [Political scheming] + [A contest for supremacy] + [Highly intelligent antagonists] In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the calamity of 1644 struck. The capital fell, and the emperor died on Coal Hill. Zhu Cilang wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the last crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. He opens his eyes to a desperate situation: his country has fallen and his family is dead. The pal 2.2kReads—Score19914d adds
- 43 Zhang Koukou Transmigrates to the Great Tang 张扣扣穿越大唐 After his execution, he transmigrates to the late Tang dynasty. With modern wisdom and knowledge, and the help of several women, he writes his own epic legend in an era engulfed by war. 61Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 44 Late Ming: This Crown Prince Plays by His Own Rules 明末：这个太子路子野 Modern-day street thug Zhu Liang unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Zhu Cilang, the crown prince at the end of the Ming dynasty, just as Li Zicheng breaks through the capital and the Chongzhen Emperor hangs himself. Relying on his street smarts, he escapes the capital with the old eunuch Wang Cheng'en and navigates between warlords and powerful nobles. He cheats, bluffs, and schemes, yet never forgets his country and its people. He persuades the bandit Li Dingguo to join his cause, puts 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Great Ming: My Grandfather Is the Yongle Emperor 大明，我祖父是永乐大帝 After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, Zhu Zhanqi discovers that his grandfather is Zhu Di and his own father is planning a rebellion! How can that be? Dad, let's not rebel. I'll help you develop Ming technology instead! Before he knows it, Zhu Zhanqi looks back and discovers that the whole world is already at his feet. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Brocade-Clad Hero 锦衣豪雄 A Xiuchun saber hangs at my waist, and I wear a flying-fish uniform! I've cut down Japanese pirates and slain northern invaders! I've crossed deserts and battled raging seas! From the Jiajing era to the Wanli era, this Ming has never known peace, and my blood has never run cold! I'm no hero. I'm a Brocade Guard! Heroes roam the martial world, while great men stride across the land! I'll use my fists and all that's within my power to change what can be changed, and live with freedom and flair! In 461Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 47 A Thousand Miles of Barren Land: A True Account of Survival at the End of the Ming Dynasty 赤地千里，明末生存实录 In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, a severe drought struck Shaanxi. His mother died after eating Guanyin clay, her stomach swelling up. His father hanged himself from an old locust tree. Clutching half a moldy bun, Lin Mo stepped into a living hell with his six-year-old sister, Xiao Man. But in the blink of an eye, his sister was gone. He spent seven years searching for her. He went from refugee to assassin, killing his way from northern Shaanxi to the capital, with mountains of corpses a 262Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Great Ming: Training the Crown Prince, I'm the Dragon-Taming Master! 大明：调教太子，我是驯龙大师！ Shen Zhuang transmigrates to the Hongzhi era and becomes... a carpenter. In the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, he meets Zhu Houzhao, then the crown prince, at a coffin shop. He teaches about the Little Ice Age and proposes wiping out the Tatars and Jurchens to eliminate the threat of foreign peoples for centuries to come. He reforms taxation, using the Single Whip Law to nurture the people's livelihood. He gives Wang Yangming some guidance, leading the sage of the School of the Mind astray into the 5.7kReads7.5Score47414d adds
- 49 Great Ming: Reviving Humanity, I Am the Human Emperor 大明：人族复兴，我为人皇 He woke up to find he had transmigrated to the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty and become the Ming prince known as the Golden Bean, Zhu Gaoxu. To escape the fate of being turned into a clay-roasted chicken by his own nephew, Zhu Gaoxu resolutely chose to sail overseas. “Dear nephew, I told you I built a Han Empire overseas that’s even bigger than the Ming Dynasty. Why are you crying?” “Father, I know the Ming Dynasty is short on money, but you can’t ask me to rebel and have me clean up your mess! 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Chongzhen's Ninth Life: Saving the Ming Dynasty Through Schemes 九世崇祯，权谋拯救大明 On his ninth rebirth, he became the Chongzhen Emperor. This story rejects every familiar Ming dynasty transmigration trope: no golden finger, no pursuit of technology, no sweet potatoes, no confiscation of property. He will save the Great Ming through passion and political cunning. Come see a different Chongzhen. I’m aiming for a light writing style, while promising a story you haven’t seen before. Then again, I haven’t seen it either. Every setting is grounded in history, though perhaps not in 8.5kReads8.8Score94314d adds
